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Welcome to Extra Dirt!  What is Extra Dirt? This is a filtered look at my blog entitled "Beyond TrailCentral." Random thoughts and observations by me; the creator, owner, and webmaster of TrailCentral.com. What will I post? Most the time it will be about mountain biking, but sometimes it will be about random stuff I think about or I'm working on. Extra Dirt Articles: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next My Third Century of the Year... - May 10, 2009 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru OK. OK. So I had two legitimate centuries this year of over 100 miles and today I rode my first metric century of the year, or my third... Depends on how you look at it. Yes, I'm a good old American boy and I measure my distance with miles,... Continue Reading Article 2008 TdFR - Leg Two - September 15, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru Recently I wrote about the first leg of the epic Tour de Front Rage (TdFR), which covers three major trail networks, 21 miles of trail, and 4,375 vertical feet of elevation gain. As I look back at the write up for leg one I can't help but loose my... Continue Reading Article 2008 TdFR - Leg One - August 24, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru Welcome to the first of three reports regarding the 2008 TdFR course. The 2008 TdFR course was announced earlier in the month and I took it upon myself to head out to the course with my GPS so riders could have as much knowledge as possible ... Continue Reading Article 2008 TdFR: Date and Route - August 23, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru RIDE DATE: Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 THE ROUTE: ESTIMATED DISTANCE -- 59.35 miles Meet at White Ranch at 8:30 a.m., wheels rolling at 8:45... Continue Reading Article The Benefits of Short Track Racing... - June 17, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru Short track racing is nothing like cross-country racing, but I feel it can add value to your cross-country training. I will be so bold as to say that you will rarely (if ever) have a XC situtation in a short track race, but you will have a short... Continue Reading Article Boulder Short Track Photo Journal - June 11th... - June 12, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru ... Continue Reading Article Tuesday Night Ride Schedule - May 09, 2008 Written by Email Contribution Please join Big Ring Cycles and members of the Feedback Sports Mountain Bike team for a friendly weekly mountain bike ride. The ride meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday nights and alternates among various trailheads throughout the Front Range. The pace of the ride will be set by agreement among those riders present. Generally these rides are suited for intermediate to advanced riders. For more information about the ride, please email FeedbackMTB@gmail.com.... Continue Reading Article 17th Fat Tire Classic Bike and Hike Event - May 07, 2008 Written by Email Contribution The race is back! After a year in intermission the festive bike and hike event of the year is back in a new format but with the same good atmosphere.... Continue Reading Article Picking My Hub, Spokes, and Rim. - May 04, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru So what parts do you need when building a wheel? The answer seems simple, right? You need a hub, a rim with the same number of holes as the hub, and spokes. How hard is that? Well, I later found that when actually making the purchase it wasn't that... Continue Reading Article The Bicycle Wheel by Jobst Brandt - May 01, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru I've been wrenching on bikes as long as I've been riding and the only part that I never touched was the bicycle wheel. The bicycle wheel is a truly magnificent piece of equipment that happens to be a black hole of mystery for me and many... Continue Reading Article Pearl Izumi One Day Sale - April 27, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru I heard through the grapevine that Pearl Izumi was having a one day "friends and family" sale that started at 9 a.m. yesterday. My friend said he was going to be there at exactly 9 a.m. and he'd see me there. I got there at 9:05 a.m. and... Continue Reading Article Dispatches From The Ditch - April 24, 2008 Broadcast from Beyond TrailCentral Written by TC guru My long time friend and co-founder of TrailCentral.com, Dwight (pictured to the left), started blogging a couple weeks ago. After much hemming and hawing about what to name it he decided on "Dispatches From The Ditch." I believe this is the... Continue Reading Article Fat Tire Bike Week - April 23, 2008 Written by Email Contribution Crested Butte, a Colorado mountain community nestled in the heart of the Rockies, will be celebrating the world’s oldest mountain bike festival with the 28th Annual Fat Tire Bike Week, June 18-22, 2008.... Continue Reading Article Extra Dirt Articles: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next |
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